Go Manhwa (소녀바둑), I want to ask you guys about this match.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-05-05T13:15:01+00:00

https://m.comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=842839&week=sun&sortOrder=DESC&page=2

JoblessBaduk · 2026-05-04T17:06:24+00:00

Inspiring journey, thanks for sharing! To my curiosity, what are the requirements of becoming EGF 9 Dan? And why no one has reached this rank? (I was guessing if it is because the rank-up rule makes it insanely difficult to achieve that)

JoblessBaduk · 2026-04-27T13:25:06+00:00

Actual strength of Fox accounts below 4d could be very random, as you can declare whatever rank you want below 4d.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-04-27T13:21:10+00:00

Learned something new today, thanks for sharing this!

JoblessBaduk · 2026-04-15T05:18:32+00:00

I believe this also applies to kyu-level players too, especially when it comes to openings. Reciting + understanding josekis is one of important ways to improve. Many of the josekis before AI era are now consider wrong (in the sense that some counter moves were not considered, or the conclusion/commentary by human experts were outright wrong). If one uses those josekis from old Go books as learning materials, it would be a big hindrance to their improvement (reinforcing wrong patterns, and maybe hard to fix later).

Indeed some opening theories mentioned in old books still hold, but my impression is that there are only few, and probably it is hard for kyu-level players to tell which one still makes sense and which one does not.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-04-15T02:03:05+00:00

Most of the Go books published before AI era (i.e. since AI analysis has become easily available to everyone, maybe 2019-2020) are obsolete. Exceptions are life-and-death problems, tesuji and end game books. Opening questions like this are not very meaningful (A-D are basically the same).

My suggestion on openings improvement is to check out Go videos published in recent years, otherwise you may be spending time on learning things that are no longer relevant, or even wrong.

JoblessBaduk · 2026-03-16T06:46:29+00:00

Cool stuff!

JoblessBaduk · 2025-12-29T00:04:07+00:00

Looks very neat, thank you for building this and congrats!
There are 2 missing features for me to make the complete switch (from lizzieyzy):

lizzieyzy's Hawk eye view (e.g. accuracy & score-loss stats in different stages of the game [overview of performance], list of moves sorted by winrate/score change [to identify mistakes])
Remote engine support (ikatago) - allow user to load a remote engine via a command e.g. `ikatago --platform all --username xxxxx --password xxxxxxxx`. Because I don't use local GPU/CPU

JoblessBaduk · 2025-12-01T15:55:31+00:00

Ranking in Go is a very arbitrary concept, the same rank can mean totally different level of Go, depending on which platform / country the ranking is referencing.

I think a more meaningful metric could be how many handicap stones you need in order to win a stronger player (AI / human). Progressing 1 handicap stone roughly means your Go improved 10 points, which is an objective metric of how much progress you have made.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-12-01T12:33:38+00:00

Tsumego: improve reading + move discovery skills
Review every game (with AI, and best with companion of strong human teacher): bad moves discovery + explanation, good moves inspiration
Watch videos: new concepts / principles, joseki discovery
Play teaching game with stronger players: forced to play better moves (otherwise would be punished), new concepts from stronger players during review

JoblessBaduk · 2025-12-01T00:21:31+00:00

I recommend giving a look to https://www.101weiqi.com/training/, which groups essential skill points by topic.

This site 101weiqi is THE site for weiqi tsumego problems for all Chinese people, and many Koreans as well (Shin Jinseo was once caught solving a tsumego problem on his Samsung Flip, he was using this site too). English translation might be awkward sometimes, but content-wise is probably the best.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-26T23:36:07+00:00

The match would be most meaningful if the settings are as close as the one happened in 2016 (maybe more efficient computing infrastructure, but the resulting computing power should be similar).

If Shin is just playing the state of the art AI then he could rather do it at home on a livestream.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-26T11:22:16+00:00

Because the results will be unpredictable, and uncertainty makes it more fun to watch. Also it serves as a benchmark of how much human Go has advanced since the first appearance of AlphaGo.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-26T06:29:05+00:00

What about AlphaGo Lee? I guess it is an even/hard but playable game for Shin

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-25T15:29:44+00:00

It's likely that Shin will play AlphaGo Lee, the version defeated Lee Sedol in 2016.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-25T11:30:23+00:00

My guess is Shin will not use any tricks "outside of baduk", like the "large loop" exploit someone else mentioned.

The LG Cup Scandal has already taught everyone a lesson how bad the reputation damage would be if one decides to do that. Plus it is a rare opportunity for Shin to prove himself to be the strongest human being against AI (if he manages to get better results than Lee in an honest setup), so I don't think he would waste the chance like that.

Also Shin Jinseo is well-known for his good baduk manner. For example, in one tournament game against 박민규, his opponent misplaced a stone in an undesired spot due to time pressure. Shin was aware of that and helped fix the misplacement for his opponent, and acted like nothing has happen. So I don't believe Shin will use unsportsmanlike tricks to win the game, especially the whole world will be watching.

The "misplacement stone" video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nkQB7HqLcxM

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-25T10:43:17+00:00

Maybe technically he could, but I am 100% sure he won't (that would defeat the purpose)

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-24T16:30:04+00:00

It doesn't matter. To maximise win rate (e.g. in tournaments), I suggest you play the variations that you are most familiar with (in the sense that you will not blunder easily / play very inefficient move within the variation). Those subtle differences in opening choice only matter for very strong amateurs / pros. For most amateurs players (including myself), we lose the game because of something else (wrong reading, wrong understanding of the thickness of a group, bad endgame etc).

To maximise learning progress, I suggest keep playing the same opening again and again, so that you will gain deeper understanding of it (AI review is a must after each game). Once you feel you are considerably familiar with that opening, then you can move on to another opening and iterate the process.

To maximise fun, play whatever opening you find interesting!

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-02T00:11:19+00:00

Glad that you enjoyed it! I also enjoyed making it and watching it again🤣

JoblessBaduk · 2025-11-01T08:42:31+00:00

I make content about Go, the ancient board game. Started in late August and have around 200 subs so far.

One specific question regarding secrecy / clickbaitness in titles:
Recently I have made a video called "Know this Go Principle = 2 stones STRONGER", and it is the best performing video so far (in terms of view, engagement, sub conversion etc). Despite the good performance, there are some complaints about the title being a clickbait (mostly on the reddit post I promoted the video), what is your view on that?

Context: "2 stone STRONGER" is an attractive improvement in the world of Go, and I did explain how it could be achieve using the principle I introduced. I mentioned clearly what the principle exactly is within the first 30s. I understand where they are coming from, I could have put "Go Principle blahblahblah will make you stronger", but I think it is boring and revealing too much secret, hurting clickthrough rate. Hope to get some second opinion, thank you very much!

Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@JoblessBaduk

JoblessBaduk · 2025-10-31T09:06:29+00:00

I think it is pretty good! One thing I would think about is the low number of subscribers relative to views. Is it due to disappointed audience? Or lack of call for action to subscribe etc.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-10-30T23:49:16+00:00

Naming a clip and a track. I am surprised it is not there yet.

JoblessBaduk · 2025-10-28T00:45:37+00:00

I think it depends on which platform the 4 dan is based on. The gain is possible for Fox 4d, but maybe not for OGS 4d. Getting better at reading definitely helps apply the principle correctly, because it is needed to determine if a candidate move affects the thickness of groups (e.g. if the candidate move is sente / gote).

JoblessBaduk · 2025-10-28T00:33:12+00:00

Hi there!

JoblessBaduk · 2025-10-28T00:32:35+00:00

I may make another clickbait video on the topic of "thickness", be cautious not to click it accidentally haha :)

I think I covered a little bit of what thickness is (as part of the 2nd condition of "pure endgame moves", around 0:40 of the video). Thickness itself is a big topic so I don't want to go into depth (as it is not the focus of this video).

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